What we're talking about in The Talk

The Talk, on Page 3 of the Tribune, prepares you for your daily conversations at the water cooler … if most offices still had water coolers, and if people still spent their time talking beside them.

In more modern parlance, The Talk is home to news coverage of the topics that most people are talking about. We spark conversations in this space and join existing ones, sometimes light-heartedly.

Among the items in The Talk recently, for instance: news of Anheuser-Busch’s plan to trademark the area codes of 15 cities nationwide; Downers Grove’s on-again, off-again tornado sirens; whether there's life after 'Harry Potter'; and President Barack Obama’s “eat our peas” assessment of debt-ceiling negotiations.

Every day offers its own water-cooler topics, and you can find them in The Talk.

So, what are you talking about? Send me an email at The Talk: TheTalk@tribune.com